Keage Station

Keage Station (蹴上駅, Keage-eki) is a train station in Higashiyama-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the closest subway station to Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji temple.

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Keage Station

蹴上駅
Keage Station entrance No. 2, May 2020
General information
LocationHigashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto
Japan
Coordinates35.0078°N 135.7902°E / 35.0078; 135.7902
Operated byThe Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway
Line(s)The symbol for the Tōzai Line of the Kyoto Municipal Subway. Tōzai Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeT09
History
Opened12 October 1997 (1997-10-12)
Passengers
FY201610,713 daily[1]
Services
Preceding station The Emblem of Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. Kyoto Municipal Subway Following station
Higashiyama
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Tōzai Line Misasagi
T08
towards Rokujizō

Lines

Layout

The underground station has one island platform serving two tracks. Track No. 1 is for trains bound for Uzumasa Tenjingawa and Track No. 2 is for trains bound for Rokujizō and Hama-Ōtsu.[2]

History

Keage Station of Keishin Line in 1997

The station opened on October 12, 1997 when the first section of the Tōzai Line opened.[2]

Until the day before the opening of the Tōzai Line, Keage Station on the Keihan Keishin Line on the street served the area from the beginning of the Keishin Line on August 15, 1912.[3]

Surrounding area

References

  1. "京都市交通事業白書" (in Japanese). Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau.
  2. "東西線 蹴上駅 駅情報". Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  3. Takayama, Reizō. 京阪大津線の80年 [Eighty Years of the Keihan Ōtsu Lines]. The Railway Pictorial (in Japanese). Tetsudōtosho Kankōkai. 553 (December 1991 Extra): 112.


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